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GEORGE P. CRAGIN, or sPoKANE, WASHINGTON.

ISASTE-'BOTTL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,806,dated September 12, 1895.

Application filed June 8, 1899. Serial No. 719,788. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. CRAGIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented neW and useful Improvements in Paste-Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

MyA invention relates to that class of pastebottles which have a centralwell designed t-o contain water and serve as a receptacle for thepaste-brush when not in use, so as to keep said brush soft and pliableand always ready for use.

It consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of myimproved paste-bottle with its cover in position and the pastebrusharranged in the central well. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in section andpartly in elevation, illustrating the paste-bottle as it appears whenpacked for shipment. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the cover removed.Fig. 4 is a similar view of the bottle with the cover removed.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts inall of the several views.

My improved paste-bottle A is preferably of glass and circular in formand is provided with a central and preferably integral Well B, whichrises from its bottom and is designed to contain water and serve as areceptacle for a paste-brush C when not in use in order to keep saidbrush soft and pliable and always in a fit condition for use. The wellextends about the proportional distance illustrated above the side wallof the bottle and is provided at its upper end with exteriorscrew-threads a.

D is the bottle-cover, which may beand preferably is stamped in onepiece of sheet metal. This cover comprises an annular inclined portionb, designed to rest over the annular paste-receiving portion of thebottle A, a marginal ange c, designed to rest in a rabbet CZ in the sideWall of the bottle, and a central portion e, which is threaded, asshown, to engage the threads a of well B and has an openingf for thepassage of the paste-brush, as shown in Fig. l.

In preparing my improved paste-bottle for shipment the annular portionof the bottle is iilled with paste and the Well B, if desired, is illedwith water, after which an annulus E, of oil-soaked cardboard or othersuitable material, is placed over the upper edge of the side wail of thebottle and around the well B, and a disk F, cut in forming the annulus,is placed upon the upper end of the Well B. With this done the cover Dis screwed on the well B, so as to clamp the annulus E against the wallof the bottle and the disk F against the upper end of the well, andthereby preclude leakage of either paste or `water.

When it is desired to use the paste-bottle,

the cover D is disconnected therefrom and' the annulus E and diskF areremoved, after which the brush C, which is shipped separately from thebottle, is placed in the well B to soften it precedent to its being usedto apply the paste. After the paste is used to the extent desired thecover D is replaced on the bottle, as shown in Fig. l, so as to preventevaporation of the paste therein.

Paste-bottles such as at Apresent in use have central integral wells forWater and exterior screw-threads on their side walls and are equippedwith brushes and covers which have threaded marginal flanges to engagethe threads of the bottle and central projections to receive thebrushhandle Such projections of the covers take up considerable room inshipment and are liable to be broken oit or bent out of shape, While theformation of the threads on the side Walls of the bottles entails makingthe bottles thick and heavy throughout and renders it necessary for theoperator to grasp the greatest diameter of the covers in order to removethe same from the bottles. In my improved construction only the Well Bneed be made sufficiently heavy to bear threads, and in orderto removethe cover the operator has but to grasp and turn the small centralportion e thereof. It will also be seen that in my improved constructionno projection is oiered to take up additional space or be broken o inshipment, and the threads a are arranged such a dis- IOO tance above thepaste as to preclude the paste getting upon said threads, and therebysetting the cover D on the same and rendering dicult the removal of thecover. Again, by reason of the Well B extending above the side Wall ofthe bottle there is no liability of water being thrown into the pastespace by handling of the device and no danger of the paste when thingaining access to the well and rendering the water therein unfit toreceive the brush when not in use. It will further be observed that myimproved construction admits of the employment of the desirable longbrush, and by reason of the top of the well being open when the bottleis opened after shipment the brush may be placed in or removed from thewell whenever desired Without removing the cover from the bottle.

I prefer to extend the well B above the side wall of the bottle for thereasons stated, but do not desire to be understood as confining myselfto the same, as when desired the upper end of said well might rest iiushwith or slightly below the upper edge of the side Wall ofthe bottle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationwith apaste-bottle having a central well extending above its side Walland provided at its upper end with eX- terior screw-threads, and aremovable Cover having an annular, intermediate portion, a depending,marginal fia-nge surrounding the upper edge of the side wall of thebottle, and

a central threaded portion c engaging the threads of the well and havingan openingf in its top, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a paste-bottle having av central well extendingabove its side wall .and` provided at its upper end with exteriorscrew-threads, a removable cover having an annular, intermediateportion, a depending, marginal iiange surrounding the upper edge of theside wall of the bottle, and a central threaded portion e engaging thethreads of the Well and having an openingf in its top, an annular,removable washer surrounding the well and interposed between the annularport-ion of the cover and the edge of the side wall of the bottle, and aremovable disk washer interposed between the top of the central portionof the cover and the upper end of the well, substantially as specified;

3. The combination with a paste-bottle having a central Well providedwith exterior screw-threads, and a removable cover havingan annular,intermediate portion, a depending marginal fiange surrounding the upperedge of the side wall of the bottle, and a eentral threaded portion eengaging the threads of the well, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of vtwosubscribing wit- DGSSQS.

GEORGE P. CRAGIN. Witnesses:

L. K. MoNFoRT, IDA L; CRAGIN.

